Times Square Kiss

George Mendonsa, 89, holds one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century at his Middletown, Rhode Island home. In the photograph, Mendonsa is widely believed to be the sailor kissing an unsuspecting nurse (actually a dental hygenist) on V-J Day in Times Square in 1945. The photograph...

George Mendonsa, 89, holds one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century at his Middletown, Rhode Island home. In the photograph, Mendonsa is widely believed to be the sailor kissing an unsuspecting nurse (actually a dental hygenist) on V-J Day in Times Square in 1945. The photograph... (Patrick Raycraft)

George Mendonsa, 89, holds one of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century at his Middletown, Rhode Island home. In the photograph, Mendonsa is widely believed to be the sailor kissing an unsuspecting nurse (actually a dental hygenist) on V-J Day in Times Square in 1945. The photograph...